River Avon: Kilminning Rock, Kilminning, North Sea
Obstruction (20th Century), Steam Trawler (20th Century)
Site Name River Avon: Kilminning Rock, Kilminning, North Sea
Classification Obstruction (20th Century), Steam Trawler (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Gn 37; Elloe; Kilwinning Rock; Kilminning Castle; 'about 0.75 Miles Sw Of Fifeness'; Fife Ness; Outer Forth Estuary; Firth Of Forth
Canmore ID 96674
Site Number NO60NW 8002
NGR NO 63351 07710
NGR Description NO c. 632 086
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/96674
- Council Fife
- Parish Maritime - Fife
- Former Region Fife
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NO60NW 8002 c. 632 086
N56 16.1 W2 35.7
NLO: Kilminning Castle [name: NO 632 086]
Fife Ness [name: NO 638 098].
Formerly entered as NO60NW 8002 at cited location NO 6335 0771 [N56 15.6333 W2 35.5].
Shortly before midnight last night the Granton trawler River Avon ran ashore on the rocks off Kilwinning Rock, Fife Ness. The trawler is well on the rocks and it is feared that it may be impossible to refloat her.
Source: Dundee Courier 8th February 1937
Horizontal Datum = OGB
General water depth = 7
Circumstances of Loss Details
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The vessel ran aground on Kilminning Rock and became a total loss.
Source; Lloyds, R N Baird, Regsiter of Scottish Wrecks.
Surveying Details
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The vessel went ashore on Kilminning Rock, about 0.75 miles SW of Fifeness.
Source; Lloyds.
20 January 1994. Nothing found.
Report by Oceonics (UK) Ltd.
Hydrographic Office 1995.
(Classified as steel, steam trawler: registration cited as GN 37, former name as Elloe, and date of loss as 7 February 1937). River Avon: this vessel stranded on Kilminning Rk [Rock]. Capt. Stevenson.
Registration: Granton. Built 1919. 202grt. Length: 35m. Beam: 7m.
(Location of loss cited as N56 15.63 W2 35.50).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. Kilminning Rock cannot be specifically identified from the available map evidence. The current edition of the OS 1:50,000 map applies the name Kilminning Castle to a promontory at NO 632 086. There is a prominent rock at NO 63270 08587, about 50m offshore.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 18 March 2002.
Loss (7 February 1937)
Shortly before midnight last night the Granton trawler River Avon ran ashore on the rocks off Kilwinning Rock, Fife Ness. The trawler is well on the rocks and it is feared that it may be impossible to refloat her.
Source: Dundee Courier 8th February 1937
Horizontal Datum = OGB
General water depth = 7
Circumstances of Loss Details
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The vessel ran aground on Kilminning Rock and became a total loss.
Source; Lloyds, R N Baird, Regsiter of Scottish Wrecks.
Surveying Details
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The vessel went ashore on Kilminning Rock, about 0.75 miles SW of Fifeness.
Source; Lloyds.
20 January 1994. Nothing found.
Report by Oceonics (UK) Ltd.
Hydrographic Office 1995.
(Classified as steel, steam trawler: registration cited as GN 37, former name as Elloe, and date of loss as 7 February 1937). River Avon: this vessel stranded on Kilminning Rk [Rock]. Capt. Stevenson.
Registration: Granton. Built 1919. 202grt. Length: 35m. Beam: 7m.
(Location of loss cited as N56 15.63 W2 35.50).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Reference (June 1995)
River Avon
Steam trawler, ran onto Kilminning rock, 7 February 1937.
[Lat. 56 deg 15'.53 N, Long. 02 deg 25'.5 W]
Note (18 March 2002)
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. Kilminning Rock cannot be specifically identified from the available map evidence. The current edition of the OS 1:50,000 map applies the name Kilminning Castle to a promontory at NO 632 086. There is a prominent rock at NO 63270 08587, about 50m offshore.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 18 March 2002.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 2202
Name : RIVER AVON (GN 37) (EX. ELLOE, ...)
Latitude : 561538
Longitude : 23530
Date Built : 1919
Registration : GRANTON
Type : STEAM TRAWLER(STEEL)
Tonnage : 202
Tonnage Code : G
Length : 35
Beam : 7
Draught : 4m
Loss Day : 7
Loss Month : 2
Loss Year : 1937
Comment : Stranded on Kilminning Rk. Capt. Stevenson
Reference (19 April 2012)
UKHO Identifier : 002976
Feature Class : Obstn
Obstruction Category : Foul ground
State : DEAD
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 56.26056,-2.59167
Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 56.26047,-2.59319
WGS84 Origin : 3-D Cartesian Shift (BW)
Position Quality : Precisely known
Depth Quality : Depth unknown
Water Depth : 7
Vertical Datum : Lowest Astronomical Tide
Name : RIVER AVON (POSSIBLY)
Type : S TRAWLER
Flag : BRITISH
Length : 35.1
Beam : 7.0
Draught : 3.7
Tonnage : 202
Tonnage Type : Gross
Date Sunk : 07/02/1937
Contact Description : Entire wreck
Original Sensor : Reported Sinking
Original Detection Year : 1937
Original Source : Other
Circumstances of Loss : **BUILT IN 1919 BY RENNIE, FORREST, WIVENHOE. ONE BOILER, TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE, SINGLE SHAFT. RAN AGROUND ON KILMINNING ROCK. TOTAL LOSS. (LL, R N BAIRD, REG. SCOTTISH WRECKS).
Surveying Details : **ASHORE ON KILMINNING ROCK, ABOUT 0.75 MILES SW OF FIFENESS. (LLOYDS).
**12.1.70 F SHOWN IN 561538N, 023530W ON 149. NO PREVIOUS RECORD - MAY BE REMAINS OF THIS WK.
**HH090/605/01 20.1.94 NOTHING FOUND. (OCEONICS (UK) LTD., HI 605). DELETE. BR STD.
POSITIONS BELOW THIS POINT ARE IN DEGREES, MINUTES AND DECIMALS OF A MINUTE
**HH091/152/01 16.6.08 NOT LOCATED BY M/B. (GARDLINE HYDRO, HI 1152). NCA.
Chart Symbol : F
Date Last Amended : 20/10/2003
